Make sure your presents are always presentable. Keep your gift-giving simple by stopping indulging in a throwaway culture. By using the same fabric gift wrap year after year, you can create a new family tradition. Plus, if you choose your reusable gift wrap to match your décor, then you get extra points for style every year. All those distant relatives that come to visit once a year will certainly be impressed, as these gift wraps help make presents look simply fabulous under the tree.

Choose from two sizes:

Small – A gift wrap pouch perfect for wrapping small items the size of jewellery boxes or soap bars.

Non-patterened = £3.50

Patterned = £3.75

CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK =

Medium – 45cm x 45cm. Suitable for wrapping up books, chocolate boxes etc.

Non-patterened = £7.50

Patterned = £8.50

Check out our video guide to gift wrapping using fabric wraps, or get creative and wrap it your way.

Reusable Fabric Gift Bags

Name: Reusable Fabric Gift Bags
Brand: Anything But Plastic

From £3.50

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Single-use throwaway decorated wrapping paper and tape used to wrap it with.

Wasn’t it a shock to find out that not all wrapping paper can be recycled?

Turns out those pretty, sparkly, glittery, shiny, foil-backed, festive-themed wrapping papers aren’t getting recycled. You may have been dutifully putting all the discarded wrapping from your Christmas gift haul into the recycling bin, but unfortunately, these fun-looking gift wraps can’t be recycled because of their sneaky plastic content. Not paper at all, but plastic in disguise! We’ve all been foiled.
A zero-waste reusable alternative to throw-away wrapping paper. No mess to clean up once you’ve unwrapped your presents!

This fabric gift wrap can be washed. Store it until the next year and voila you are ready to wrap your presents again.

No paper or tape is needed to use these fabric gift wraps, plus wrapping up presents is super quick! As long as you can tie a bow in a ribbon you are done.
Yes, these reusable gift wraps are more expensive than a roll of wrapping paper. I don’t need to point out that paper is cheaper than organic cotton, do I?

The point is, that those rolls of wrapping paper start to add up, especially if you buy the luxe themed gift wrap, and before you know it, you’ve spent a fortune on fancy paper that you just end up throwing away.

Part of what we all enjoy about Christmas* is the familiarity. Same people, same food, same decorations… why not continue this by adding reusable gift wrap to the mix? As long as you don’t give the same gift every year as well, you won’t find many dissenters to this new tradition.

*Birthdays, anniversaries and many other gift-giving events work in this context too.
What are they made from?

Fabric = 100% organic cotton.

Ribbon and thread = 100% Tencel.

Where do they come from?

Made in the UK by us here at Team ABP (currently in Glasgow.)

Are they sustainable?

Organic cotton – Cotton needs a ridiculous amount of water to grow. It is also very labour intensive because cotton attracts lots of pests. In terms of sustainability, cotton is not the most sustainable, however, many of the alternatives, like hemp, aren’t grown on the same scale (hemp requires fewer pesticides and water). Cotton is much better if it is organic. Organic means no pesticides for one. If you spray pesticides all over your cotton, they are going to get into the water, which will be absorbed by the soil, resulting in pesticides in the water supply. Not to mention all the other toxins used in the production and manufacturing of non-organic cotton. Buy organic cotton or cotton that has been reused or upcycled, because the alternative is appalling.

Viscose/’Tencel’ – A material made from natural sources of cellulose fibre such as wood. Although viscose is considered a ‘natural’ fibre, its production process is not very eco-friendly as some quite poisonous gases are given off as a by-product during its production. These days, these gases are mostly captured and neutralised, but worker safety in developing countries that produce this fibre can be an issue. The lyocell process, (branded as ‘Tencel’), however, is a closed-loop system and allows no by-products to escape, making the manufacture of viscose in this way ‘neutral’ from an environmental standpoint.

How about ethical?

These reusable fabric gift wraps are handmade by our very own Núria from Team ABP 😊.

We now have a sewing machine in the office, which is exciting, because it means that we can make some of our own products now. The machine originally belonged to Jenny’s nan, so it is around 50 years old. It was built before the age of planned obsolescence, so having been recently serviced, it works as well as ever!

The cost of labour - phew! Núria is bleeding me dry… I am joking of course. These reusable gift wraps are handmade with tender loving care right here in Glasgow, not a sweatshop, so Núria is being paid properly for her skills. This is a very relaxed workplace and Núria was a willing volunteer to make products on the sewing machine. (Sewing is a hobby of hers, so she was well up for this). We adhere to all the laws and standards regarding the workplace just as all businesses should, and try to go above and beyond to make ABP a fab place to work. 😊

Extra good stuff:

This is a homemade product by Anything But Plastic, so all the good stuff we do normally is our extra good stuff. You know why you are here. 😊 Check out our Impact page for some examples of this good stuff.

Conclusion –

Wrap it up people, those gifts won’t wrap themselves!